Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-10
GHLDED FISGER-NAILs.
A Partisan Idea that has Taken Rect
In sew York.
gslc York Herald


There was a yellowish glow, like that
Of gold dollars, from the tips Of her
fingers as she drew of her gloves. She
was an actress who was up 10 all the
latest freaks.
= Pretty, are they not?" said she. in
answer to the reporter curious glance.
g It's the latest Paris idea-gilded I'm
ger nails. -
=" Do YOU mean seriously that you
wear that stuff on your nails all the
timer
Why. certainly. Don't l tell you
it's the fashion? Pretty soon it viii
be the craze. Lots o. ladies have
been gllded already, and it's only a
few weeks since the fashion was intro
dueed
" And pray. who is responsible for
this nonsense
A French manicure, who came
over a while ago TO introduce the art.
He was a sharp fellow, and knew his
business. He gilded an actress first
without charge, knowing how well she
would advertise him. Sure enough,
she did. There are hundreds of so
ciety ladies who will copy anything
they see an actress do, no matter how
outlandish it is. 1t did not take them
long to find out what il was on her
finger nails, nor where the professors
shop was. They went there in droves.
In a short time he had more customers
than he could attend to, and hired an
assistant. He is doing a rushing
trade, and turning his idea into gold
for himself while he gilds the ladies.
For il is not cheap adornment, I'M
derstand.
How much does he charger
d" A dollar a nail, IS for one hand and
S. for both. "
Does it last long2"
=" As long as the nail does-that is,
until it grows out. They should be
touched up every month. He charges
only 81 for that
And doesn't the gilt wash OFF,"
" No, indeed. you can't get il Off
wash and scrub as much as you have
a mind to. It's put on TO stay"
- Does it hurt you to have it put
on"
"Only a bother; there is no pain
about il. 1t takes lots of fussing and
preparation and two or three hours OF
tedious sitting 70 have it done. but We
would endure even more than that 10
be in the fashion, you know. | find
the gliding awfully convenient in one
respect.
Whats that?''
" Your finger nails require less atten-
ton then. Ii they are dirty it does not
show, and when they are long they get
dirty SO easily, you know"
The reporter went up TO see the pro-
fessor" in his little shop in an uptown
cross-stFeet. A sign over the door read
" Ladies Gilded
The professor was a dapper little man
with very white hands and an easy
running tongue. The establishment
consisted of a small room with lot OF
chairs in it, and at the further end an
operating table with a number of fix
lures and trappingS on it in the way of
brushes, knives, files, sponges and bot
ties. The furniture was 10 a certain
extent elegant, and there was an air of
luxury TO the place.
don't want to tell YOU the secret
of my art, said the professor; that
would be very foolish Of me- Suffice
it 10 say that first wash and scrub
the nails very carefully. Then, with
the means of a certain solution pre-
pare them for gliding. There lies the
HttEtts iAtNtNtEs L iD utlhllE tiiaN -
in the least injurious to the nail, so that
when they grow out again they will be
in their normal condition, if the party
chooses. "
Where did you learn the artH'
90, it Is becoming quite common in
Paris. As civilization advances, so do
exaggerated ideas Of personal adorn-
ment. | presume blackened teeth will
be fashionable next.
Do you think the gliding business
viii take in this country
" 1t has already. They are = little
bashful about it yet, but that's only
question Of time. At present most Of
the ladies have only nerve enough TO
have the little finger nails decorated,
but they viii get over that soon enough.
One even wanted her toe nails gilded.
the other day"